Bill Text: IL HB4424 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Permits a school board to excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 from engaging in physical education courses if those pupils request to be excused and are enrolled in 2 or more Advanced Placement (AP) courses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4424 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4424-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4424
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4424 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 27-6 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-6)
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7 | Sec. 27-6. Courses in physical education required; special | ||||||
8 | activities.
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9 | (a) Pupils enrolled in the public schools and State | ||||||
10 | universities engaged in
preparing teachers shall be required to | ||||||
11 | engage
daily during the school day, except on block scheduled | ||||||
12 | days for those public schools engaged in block scheduling, in | ||||||
13 | courses of physical education for such
periods as are
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14 | compatible with the optimum growth and developmental needs of
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15 | individuals at the various age levels except when appropriate | ||||||
16 | excuses
are submitted to the school by a pupil's parent or |
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1 | guardian or by a person
licensed under the Medical Practice Act | ||||||
2 | of 1987 and except as provided in
subsection (b) of this | ||||||
3 | Section.
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4 | Special activities in physical education shall be provided | ||||||
5 | for pupils
whose physical or emotional condition, as determined | ||||||
6 | by a person licensed
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, | ||||||
7 | prevents their participation in the
courses provided for normal | ||||||
8 | children.
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9 | (b) A school board is authorized to excuse pupils enrolled
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10 | in grades 11 and 12 from engaging in physical education courses | ||||||
11 | if those
pupils request to be excused for any of the following | ||||||
12 | reasons: (1) for
ongoing participation in an interscholastic
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13 | athletic program; (2) to enroll in academic classes which are | ||||||
14 | required for
admission to an institution of higher learning, | ||||||
15 | provided that failure to
take such classes will result in the | ||||||
16 | pupil being denied admission to the
institution of his or her | ||||||
17 | choice; or (3) to enroll in academic classes
which are required | ||||||
18 | for graduation from high school, provided that failure to
take | ||||||
19 | such classes will result in the pupil being unable to graduate. | ||||||
20 | A school board may excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 from | ||||||
21 | engaging in physical education courses if those pupils request | ||||||
22 | to be excused and are enrolled in 2 or more Advanced Placement | ||||||
23 | (AP) courses. A school board may excuse pupils in grades 9 | ||||||
24 | through 12 from engaging in physical education courses if those | ||||||
25 | pupils request to be excused and are enrolled in a dual credit | ||||||
26 | course with an institution of higher learning. A school board |
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1 | that excuses pupils from engaging in physical education courses | ||||||
2 | on the basis of the pupil's enrollment in Advanced Placement | ||||||
3 | (AP) or dual credit courses may not excuse pupils from more | ||||||
4 | than 2 school years of physical education courses, and the | ||||||
5 | student may have no other electives, except for those electives | ||||||
6 | required for college admission or high school graduation, for | ||||||
7 | the school years during which they are excused from engaging in | ||||||
8 | physical education courses. A school
board may also excuse | ||||||
9 | pupils in grades 9 through 12 enrolled in a marching band
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10 | program for credit from engaging in physical education courses | ||||||
11 | if those pupils
request to be excused for ongoing participation | ||||||
12 | in such marching band
program. In addition, a pupil
in any of | ||||||
13 | grades 3 through 12 who is eligible for special education may | ||||||
14 | be excused if the pupil's parent or guardian agrees that the | ||||||
15 | pupil
must utilize the time set aside for physical education to | ||||||
16 | receive special education support and services or, if there is | ||||||
17 | no agreement, the individualized education program team for the | ||||||
18 | pupil determines that the pupil must utilize the time set aside | ||||||
19 | for physical education to receive special education support and | ||||||
20 | services, which agreement or determination must be made a part | ||||||
21 | of the individualized education program. However, a pupil | ||||||
22 | requiring adapted physical education must receive that service | ||||||
23 | in accordance with the individualized education program | ||||||
24 | developed for the pupil. If requested, a school board is | ||||||
25 | authorized to excuse a pupil from engaging in a physical | ||||||
26 | education course if the pupil has an individualized educational |
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1 | program under Article 14 of this Code, is participating in an | ||||||
2 | adaptive athletic program outside of the school setting, and | ||||||
3 | documents such participation as determined by the school board. | ||||||
4 | A school board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 | ||||||
5 | enrolled
in a Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) program | ||||||
6 | sponsored by the school
district from engaging in physical | ||||||
7 | education courses.
School boards which choose to exercise this | ||||||
8 | authority shall establish a policy
to excuse pupils on an | ||||||
9 | individual basis.
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10 | (c) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | ||||||
11 | provisions of
Section 27-22.05.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 98-116, eff. 7-29-13.)".
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.".
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